5. Thanks, and I was in no way trying to absolve Roof of the wrong doing,

What he did was abominable, shattered the lives of 9 people in a community in a church no less along with the survivors. To me, a Church is a sanctuary and he planned to target that Church, which makes it even sadder. Even more sadder is that he sat with the congregation during the bible study for an hour and still had the gall to shoot them. That is so incomprehensible!

Let me explain, am not from North America and we feel responsible for our children even when they are past 18. At 18, they just finished high school and need parents to help them economically through College and University.